H. B. 2004


(By Delegate Azinger (By Request))
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-6-111, relating to regulating telemarketing for quasi-state agencies.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §46A-6-111, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. GENERAL CONSUMER PROTECTION.
§46A-6-111. Regulation of telemarketing for quasi-state agencies.

(a) Telemarketing by quasi-state agencies, including, but not limited to, the West Virginia State Troopers Association, shall be regulated by the State of West Virginia.
(b) At least fifty percent of the moneys raised by telemarketing efforts shall go to the agency for which it was raised.
(c) The Attorney General shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.


NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to regulate telemarketing by quasi-state agencies.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.